Featured Object 
Image: "Are There Any More at Home Like You?" Long Beach, circa 1900 (Postcard Collection)
Humorous vacation postcards were popular as early at the 1880s. The title of this souvenir postcard was inspired from a hit musical, Floradora, which swept through the country's theaters in the early 1900s.
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About the Museum
Founded in 1924 to preserve and share the rich history, art, and culture of Pasadena and neighboring communities, Pasadena Museum of History has developed into one of the country's premiere institutions of its size.
PMH is an independent nonprofit cultural institution funded by generous gifts from foundations, corporations, businesses, individuals, and our members.
The Mission of the Museum is to promote an appreciation of history, culture, arts, and sciences relevant to Pasadena and adjoining communities.
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Our e-calendar, available to Members and Non-Members alike, is designed to keep our supporters informed about happenings and upcoming events at Pasadena Museum of History.
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Featured Event
The Grand Reopening of the Fenyes Mansion & 2012 Contemporary History Makers Awards GalaSaturday, September 29, 6:00 pm Gather with visitors from Pasadena's past, enjoy musical serenades, and view the splendor of the renewed Fenyes Mansion. Then honor those who made this project possible and savor a three-course seated dinner. We expect more than 300 guests including business and community leaders, civic officials, educators, volunteers, and friends to attend the reopening celebration. For more information on this event, please visit our website. Tickets are available online, or to request an invitation, please call 626.577.1660, ext. 26. Image: "The Mansion" by Paulette Lee. This painting was recently showcased in the exhibition "Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden III"
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Current Exhibitions
 Pacific Electric Railway: Then & NowWillis Stork Gallery
Wed - Sun, Noon to 5:00 pm; Open through January 13, 2013
The Pacific Electric Railway and its 1,100 miles of track connecting Southern California's communities ceased operation by the 1960s. It has become more relevant in recent times due to the MTA's installation of the light rail in many of our communities. Many of the modern MTA lines follow what were once Pacific Electric routes. This exhibition, co-curated by Michael Patris and Steve Crise, showcases rare images from our past and compares them with what can be seen in the same locations today. The exhibition also features railway objects and ephemera, including an original advertising painting from the Pacific Electric Railway that is being publicly displayed for the first time in generations. Three new paintings by renowned artist Harlan Hiney, who uses historic images to create new works of art, are also on display.
Image: Pacific Electric Railway cars 1243 and 1211 head eastbound on Colorado Boulevard at Oakland Avenue beneath banners for the 1949 Tournament of Roses Parade. Photo by Harold Stewart, PERyHS.ORG Collection.
 What A Long Strange Trip It's Been: 35 Years of the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Gallery
Wed - Sun, Noon to 5:00 pm; Open through January 13, 2013
What A Long Strange Trip It's Been is a colorful, fun-filled exhibition celebrating the wacky world of the Doo Dah Parade, named "America's Best Parade" by none other than Reader's Digest. View photos of the parade and crowd shots; vignettes of entries - including the Synchronized Precision Marching Briefcase Drill Team; costumes and memorabilia of various Queens and music groups; and a re-creation of the scene at Pasadena's former Chromos Bar, where this all (fortunately, or not) began.Image: "Fire Department." Photo by Joe Messinger
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Upcoming Events
 Members-Only At Home Series Event: A Gathering of Radical Utopians Tuesday, September 11, 6:30 pm at a private residence in Altadena
Local historian/writer Michele Zack will discuss some of the utopian visions in our area's past, including Pasadena's founding and original town plan. Ms. Zack will focus mainly on Kate Crane Gartz's Altadena Salon, from the Progressive Era through the Depression, as a vortex where people from surrounding towns gathered to sort out the world's problems. The program will take place at Gillette's Hunting Lodge (1890), one of the oldest homes in the San Gabriel Foothills.
 Doo Dah on the Green
Sunday, September 23, 4:00 to 7:00 pm
We invite you to bring your own chairs and blankets, and picnic on the spacious lawns of the Fenyes Mansion for a Doo Dah concert featuring Snotty Scotty and the Hankies and other Doo Dah Parade favorites. Snotty Scotty has been one of Pasadena's most enduring and beloved bands over the last forty years and has participated in every Doo Dah Parade since its inception in 1978. In fact, many years ago they were dubbed the "Official Band of the Doo Dah Parade."
Tickets: Free.
Also don't forget about our monthly children's story time event, Sunny Tales from Around the World (9/12).
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